A 'hot Jupiter' known as TrES-2b orbits just 3.1 million miles away from its star. It is pitch black in color allowing it to absorb a massive amount of heat from its star. It is tidally locked to its star, meaning only one side faces the star at all times. It is so hot it emits a faint red glow. TrES-2b is the darkest planet ever discovered

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The Light-Eater Planet: The distant gas giant known as TrES-2b is described as an ominous, red glowing rock hot enough to melt a "Terminator," or a giant black ball of death where light goes to die. Orbiting a star in Draco, the constellation of the dragon, this is the darkest planet humans have discovered.